Upgrading the Subsystem Device Driver for the Linux operating system on the pSeries host

This section provides steps you must complete to upgrade the SDD for the Linux operating system on the pSeries™ host.

This section provides steps you must complete to upgrade the Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) for the Linux operating system on the pSeries host. You must have a preexisting version of the SDD installed on your host before you can perform these steps. See Installing the Subsystem Device Driver on a pSeries host running Linux if you are installing the SDD for the first time.

  1. Log onto your host system as the root user.
  2. Insert the SDD installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.
  3. Type mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom to mount the CD-ROM drive.
  4. Type cd /mnt/cdrom to change to the /mnt/cdrom directory.
  5. For SUSE LINUX, type cd suse to change to the suse directory. Then type ls to display the name of the package.
  6. Type rpm -qpi IBMsdd-1.4.0.0-6.ppc64.sles9.rpm to view all the files in the package.
  7. Type rpm -U IBMsdd-1.4.0.0-6.ppc64.sles9.rpm to upgrade the SDD. This displays a message similar to the following message:
    Preparing for installation ...
    IBMsdd-1.4.0.0-6
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